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Gary Gibbon
The Treasury is not disputing Philip Stephens’ report in the Financial Times (FT) that Sir Gus O’Donnell is asking for a “Plan B” or “possible stimulus measures” to be worked up in case the economy stalls.
A record surge in food and clothing costs has driven up inflation for November, as Gary Gibbon writes that parts of the government are still looking at the potential for a “double-dip” recession.
MP Mike Hancock denies his Russian assistant is a secret agent after reports she is facing deportation, as a former KGB colonel tells Channel 4 News “Britain is under attack from Russian spies”.
As England’s failed World Cup bid is dissected, football writer Jonathan Wilson looks to Russia, and what hosting the competition will mean for the country and the fans travelling there.
The representatives supporting England’s World Cup 2018 bid were mystified and bitter at the result of the Fifa vote, blogs Alex Thomson from Zurich.
As the outcome of the FIFA vote on who’ll host the 2018 World Cup is delayed, our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the final moments from Zurich.
England’s World Cup 2018 bid team has been “assured that it’s in the bag,” by Fifa Vice President Jack Warner’s aides, Channel 4 News can reveal.
Prince William, David Cameron and David Beckham fly to Zurich to try and boost England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup – but hopes have been dampened by the latest publication of bribery allegations.
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, says the latest WikilLeaks revelations will not be as damaging as those previously published, but they do offer embarrassment and will undermine trust.
Jon Snow
As school boys we were excited to learn that Western spies could now read number plates in Moscow’s Red Square – that was well over three decades ago. How come then, as the freed kidnap victims Paul and Rachel Chandler return home, a bunch of crude Somali pirates are able to run rings around the most sophisticated navies the world has ever known?
The Kremlin has reportedly dispatched an assassin to catch up with the Russian double agent who betrayed Anna Chapman and nine other spies this summer.
Are we on the brink of a new resource war? Over the past few weeks, China has gone on the offensive against Japan and other manufacturing economies. Its weapon? Rare earths – essential elements used in the production of electronic goods and environmentally friendly technologies such as wind turbines.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow prepares to present the Anna Politkovskaya award to Dr Halima Bashir from Darfur, Sudan, who gave evidence to the UN over rapes by the militia in her country despite her own suffering.
While technology companies try to convince us they have the big ideas is genuine innovation on hold at the moment?
The most powerful man in the most powerful city is sacked by the Russian young blood president, to popular acclaim, and in spite of the prime minister’s likely disapproval. Nick Paton Walsh blogs.